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Turkish tuna fishermen ram Greenpeace ship (take notes)
MSNBC ^
| 5/30/2008
| AP
Posted on 05/30/2008 7:18:19 PM PDT by tobyhill
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish tuna fishermen rammed their boat into a Greenpeace ship Friday and pelted it with lead fishing weights, the environmental group said. No one was injured.
The fishing vessel was among several that swarmed the Arctic Sunrise, which was carrying activists campaigning against overfishing in the Mediterranean. The boat rammed the Greenpeace ship at high speed, said Yesim Aslan, a spokeswoman for the group.
The barrage of lead weights damaged a helicopter that the activists had used earlier in the day to document the vessels' activities, Aslan said.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arcticsunrise; coastalenvironment; environment; environozis; fishing; greenpeace; sodoffswampy; turkey
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:18:19 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
2
posted on
05/30/2008 7:19:41 PM PDT
by
sport
To: tobyhill
i like the turks more now!
3
posted on
05/30/2008 7:20:33 PM PDT
by
ken21
( people die + you never hear from them again.)
To: tobyhill
Muslim Fishermen vs Treehuggers=get out the popcorn!
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:22:04 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(b.hussein)
To: tobyhill
OMG! Lead weights! How environmentally insensitive!
Good for the Turks.
5
posted on
05/30/2008 7:22:15 PM PDT
by
NewHampshireDuo
(Earth - Taking care of itself since 4.6 billion BC)
To: tobyhill
It’s nice to see there are still people who aren’t afraid to stand up to these Greenpeace morons.
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:22:51 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(De-Globalize yourself !)
To: ken21
The barrage of lead weights damaged a helicopter that the activists had used earlier in the day to document the vessels' activities, Aslan said
They won't bother us any time soon.
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:22:59 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: tobyhill
Waste of good lead weights. Should have invited the Greenies for drinks, and served molotav cocktails.
At the very least, the weights should have been attached to 8/0 treble hooks & on casting lines.
8
posted on
05/30/2008 7:23:14 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
To: NewHampshireDuo
LOL. None of the Greenpeace or MSM thought about that one.
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:23:28 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
To: tobyhill
The barrage of lead weights damaged a helicopter that the activists had used earlier in the day to document the vessels' activities, Aslan said. Why is Aslan hanging out with Greenpeace and why isn't he in Narnia?
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:23:39 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: tobyhill
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:24:29 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: tobyhill
Ask a Korean war vet about the reputation of the Turkish troops in that war. They were a valuable ally. And they played for keeps.
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:26:56 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Grizzled Bear
I thought Aslan was with the fisherman.
I guess I was confused by the reporting.
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:27:38 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: PAR35
especially when they had some lead available.
14
posted on
05/30/2008 7:27:53 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
To: tobyhill; girlangler
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:28:51 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: tobyhill
In the stories I heard, they didn’t waste lead when steel would do in night attacks.
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:29:35 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: george76
BTTB (bump to the bottom)
The Greenpeace vessel that is!
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:31:47 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
To: tobyhill
Now THAT is the way you deal with the greenie weenies.
RAMMING SPEED!
Shame they didn’t sink the scum though.
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:36:44 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
To: tobyhill
Hopefully they sunk it and fed the sharks.
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:39:57 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: Las Vegas Ron; jazusamo; LucyT; SunkenCiv; M. Espinola
WHEN 35 Greenpeace protesters stormed the International Petroleum Exchange , they had planned the operation in great detail.
What they were not prepared for was the post-prandial aggression of oil traders who kicked and punched them back on to the pavement.
“We bit off more than we could chew. They were just Cockney barrow boy spivs. Total thugs,” one protester said, rubbing his bruised skull. “I’ve never seen anyone less amenable to listening to our point of view.”
Another said: “I took on a Texan Swat team at Esso last year and they were angels compared with this lot.”
Behind him, on the balcony of the pub opposite the IPE, a bleary-eyed trader, pint in hand, yelled: “Sod off, Swampy.”
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posted on
05/30/2008 7:41:25 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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